synestheticknits

a belated (partial) week 2 of leethal's photo-a-day project. #oval #floor #stack #throwback

recently my dad came across one of my grandmother's old crochet magazines and gave it to me. vintage knit/crochet magazines are always a favorite (70s ones especially!), so here - woman's day granny squares: the photo essay. already drawn in by the 70s color schemes. straight-up afghan as clothing. i don't know. there is something appealing about this one though, in a hippie-ish sort of way i guess. nice folk album cover art styling. i always love the strange kid photos.. think about the fact that this was the best shot of the session. this kid's face says it all. i do rather like this wall hanging. except, you know, as a blanket.. gravity-defying. i have no idea what's happening here. more photos on my tumblr , if you're up for it.

and we're back. i haven't been feeling much in the way of creativity this winter. likely because these past few months can be summed up pretty well by this image: (though actually the place in japan where this photo was taken is pretty interesting .) anyway, i'm doing lee meredith 's photo-a-day thing for april on instagram. i figured one photo per day would be simple enough, but i've lately i'm out of the house for about 12 hours on work days, so.. not so much. oy. but i will plug along. (: week one: day 1: #sky day 2: #face day 3: #twist day 5: #sweet some have been challenging (in a good way!).. who would have thought i would have trouble finding something for "clash"? in the past i think i would have just stopped doing it altogether if i missed one day (because if it's not going to be just right, why keep going?), but i seem to have gotten past that a bit. i'll try and catch up a bit, but here at least we